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NYC UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS GET INFLATION PAY BUMP AS N.J. DRIVERS STRIKE

 * Evan Simko-Bednarski
 * February 14, 2024 at 1:11 p.m.
 * Categories: Latest Headlines, Local News, New York News, News, Transportation



Uber (Shutterstock)

New York City’s Uber and Lyft drivers are getting a pay bump.

The Taxi and Limousine Commission announced its annual inflation adjustment
Wednesday for city rideshare drivers — a 3.49% hike, nearly a dollar per
30-minute trip.

“The adjustment can mean the difference between falling behind on rent or food
due to rising costs and keeping up with the economic times,” TLC Commissioner
David Do said in a statement.



The annual adjustment is mandated by the city’s minimum-pay rule, which sets a
minimum per-trip payment to drivers working for app-based rideshare companies.

TLC estimates there are roughly 84,000 drivers affected by the pay bump.

Wednesday’s announcement comes as a coalition of Uber and Lyft drivers boycotted
airports across the country on Valentine’s Day, a banner holiday for air travel,
demanding better pay from the rideshare behemoths.




While New York City regulates the rideshare industry, requiring drivers and cars
to be registered with the TLC and apps to pay drivers according to the
minimum-pay rule, the industry is largely unregulated elsewhere.

Newark’s Liberty International Airport — which, being in New Jersey, can be
served by non-TLC regulated rideshare drivers — was among the airports boycotted
Wednesday.



Moira Muntz, a spokesperson for the Independent Drivers Guild, one of the labor
organizations involved in the Valentine’s Day Strike, said local drivers had
chosen to strike at Newark because New Jersey drivers did not have pay
protections similar to their New York City cohorts.



“Riders depend on Uber and Lyft drivers to get them to their destination, but
what they may not know is that the app companies are pocketing big chunks of
each fare, leaving drivers on their own to struggle with soaring expenses,”
Muntz said.

“Rideshare drivers in New Jersey and beyond are definitely not feeling the love
from Uber and Lyft this Valentine’s Day.”

Muntz said that New York City-based drivers represented by IDG would be turning
down fares to Newark Wednesday in solidarity with striking drivers.



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